Kuiper

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Kuiper is a Dutch occupational surname meaning cooper. Common spelling variants include Kuyper, Kuipers, Kuijper, Kuijpers, Kuypers, and De Kuyper. Notable people with the name include:

• Adrian Kuiper (born 1959), South African cricketer
• Barend Klaas Kuiper (1877–1961), Dutch-American historian
• David Kuiper (born 1980), Dutch rower
• Duane Kuiper (born 1950), American baseball player
• Edith Kuiper (born 1960), Dutch economist
• F. B. J. Kuiper (1907–2003), Dutch Indologist
• Gerard Kuiper (1905–1973), Dutch-American astronomer after whom the Kuiper belt was named
• Glen Kuiper (born 1963) American broadcaster
• Hennie Kuiper (born 1949), Dutch cyclist
• J. P. Kuiper (1922–1985), Dutch professor of social medicine
• Michael Kuiper (born 1989), Dutch martial artist
• Nick Kuiper (born 1982), Canadian ice hockey player
• Nicky Kuiper (born 1989), Dutch footballer
• Nicolaas Kuiper (1920–1994), Dutch mathematician, known for Kuiper's test, Kuiper's theorem, and the Eells–Kuiper manifold
• Peter Kuiper (1929–2007), Dutch-German actor
• Piet Kuiper (1934–2017), Dutch botanist
• Rienk Kuiper (1886–1966), Frisian-Dutch president of Calvin College
• Roel Kuiper (born 1962), Dutch historian, philosopher and politician
• Taco Kuiper (1941–2004), South African publisher and journalist

• Abraham Kuyper (1837–1920), Dutch prime minister, theologian, and founder of a Protestant church
• Elisabeth Kuyper (1877–1953), Dutch Romantic composer and conductor
• Frans Kuyper (1629–1691), Dutch Socinian writer and printer
• Jacques Kuyper (1761–1808), Dutch draftsman and composer

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Surnames derived from occupation Cooper and its specializations

English

• Cooper, Cowper

German/Yiddish

• Kubel, Kübler, Kiefer, Kieffer, Küfner, Küffner, Ganter
• Fassbender, Fassbinder, Fässler, Bender, Binder
• Böttcher/Boettcher, Böttger, Büttner, Bittner, Bodner
• Schäffler, Scheffler, Schedler, Schoeffler
• Reif, Reiff

Other Germanic

• De Kuyper, Kuperus, Kuiper/Kuijper/Kuyper, Kuipers/Kuijpers/Kuypers, Cuypers
• De Cuyper
• Bødker (Bodker)

Romance

• Tonnelier
• Cubero, Botero
• Bottero, Botteri, Bottaro, Bottai
• Butnaru, Dogaru

Slavic

• Bečvář
• Bednarz, Bednarski, Bednarek, Bednarczyk, Bednář, Bednařík
• Bodnar
• Bondar, Bondarenko, Bondarik, Bondarchuk, Bondarev, Bondarevsky, Bondarewski
• Bocharov, Bochkarev/Bochkaryov

Baltic

• Kubilius, Mucenieks

Other

• Kádár, Bodnár (Hungarian from Slavic), Pütsep, Varelas (Βαρελάς)

Surname list

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